You aren’t really sure what you’re doing here, standing in this tattoo & piercing shop, but you’re here now. You don’t have an appointment, you just wanted to be brave and at least come look, but even just standing here is making you nervous. The sound of buzzing tattoo needles & the smell of cigarette and vape smoke fills the air. One of the employees lazily saunters up to the counter, exhaling a mouthful of smoke before he speaks.

“Hey, babydoll. What are you here for?”